He is just taking all the WR crew down to Florida for off-season workouts, mentoring them and making them aware of their talents. I think he has a great future as a coach, what thinks ye DABEARS brothers?

DBS Writer

he's definitely changed who and what he is from his time before Chicago; maybe he's making a case for WR coach after his NFL WR career is over. This might be one of the rare occasions where a naturally talented athlete is able to coach the position at a high level.

If you can help people, in todays NFL, you have more results as a player because you can actually take the guys out and work out with them. If he becomes a coach, all this stuff he is doing that is having a great effect is off limits. You can't see a player until the league says you can. Kind of sucks for the guys that WANT to put in the extra work to get better.

I think BMarsh has realized he needs to become the leader he wished he had when entering the league. I would assume his 'calling' will be higher than being a positional coach when he hangs the pads up.

Back when Da Bears traded for BMarsh, I honestly never thought we'd be hearing about how much of a leader he has become or would have read articles about him taking a Harvard course during the upcoming draft weekend. During an era when more stories talk out about negativity towards NFL players off the field, he's definitely become one of the better success stories. Bravo BMarsh!

"I have a dream home, two nice cars, three beautiful dogs, but I haven't enjoyed one part of it. And it was hard to understand why."
This was one of many gripping sentences in one of the most unforgettable press conferences you will ever see, regardless of reason. When Miami Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall(notes) took to the microphone to talk with the media on Sunday, the subject was the brilliant article written by Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and published the day before. In that article, Marshall admitted to having a form of BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder).According to the Mayo Clinic, BPD can be seen with the following symptoms:
People with borderline personality disorder often feel misunderstood, alone, empty and hopeless. They're typically full of self-hate and self-loathing. They may be fully aware that their behavior is destructive, but feel unable to change it. Poor impulse control may lead to problems with gambling, driving or even the law. They may find that many areas of their lives are affected, including social relationships, work or school.
Marshall has been involved in damaging and self-damaging behavior going back to his days at the University of Central Florida, and through his career with the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins. In an April 23 incident, his wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, was charged with aggravated battery for stabbing him in the abdomen. Charges were dropped last Friday. In the interim, Marshall underwent three months of psychological and neurological exams at Boston's McLean Hospital (where Harvard medical students go to train), having been inspired to seek help from a conversation with teammate Ricky Williams(notes), who had sought treatment for unrelated issues there.
"Before this ordeal I kept asking God to show me my purpose. He gave me this," Marshall told Kelly. "I'll be the face of BPD. I'll make myself vulnerable if it saves someone's life because I know what I went through this summer helped save mine."
Marshall was honest, open and vulnerable at the microphone on Sunday — he talked about the disorder without hesitation and said that he had not been able to enjoy any part of his career to date as a result of it. It was an absolutely riveting thing to see, and a stark reminder that as much as football is a sport that tends to depersonalize at times, it's still a game very much about people.
Marshall credited his wife with trying to understand and love him, talked about the relatively high rate of BPD cases that end in suicide (about 10 percent, he said), and said that 35 percent of the male prison population has been diagnosed with BPD, and 25 percent of the female prison population. He said that if not for treatment "I would have thrown away my career, and there was a good possibility, my life. I'm still suffering from the cons of this. Another reason I'm so passionate about it is that I may lose my wife still, and this hurts me."
"By no means am I all healed or fixed," Marshall told Kelly, "but it's like a light bulb has been turned on in my dark room."

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As a Bear fan, I am ecstatic about having BMarsh on the team. But more importantly it has been awesome to see how he has grown personally in the last couple of years. He seems to be at peace with his life and that is great for anyone.

SuperFanDBS Writer

He spent most of his collegiate and pre-Bears pro career with undiagnosed/untreated Borderline Personality Disorder.

As a Bear fan, I am ecstatic about having BMarsh on the team. But more importantly it has been awesome to see how he has grown personally in the last couple of years. He seems to be at peace with his life and that is great for anyone.

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Oh oh, his wife is not gonna like being excluded from that list that include his home, cars and dogs. Especially nor even leap frogging the dogs. That sentence probably cost some serious jewelry and at least a dozen pair of very expensive shoes.

Good for him. On a personal level its very good that he got his stuff in order and has done a 180. On a professional level we got an absolute steal and a great player/teammate. Putting up great numbers and in the media for all the RIGHT reasons now, this move was the best possible thing for both parties.

SuperFanDBS Writer

This is a textbook example of how taking a chance on a problem player can pay off in some cases. The challenge is discerning who to give that opportunity to. If a guy like this crashes and burns, meatball fans are upset with the GM for bringing the guy in. We got BM on the cheap with the two 3rd round picks. But if he'd have screwed up bigtime right out of the chute and got cut, then fans would be screaming bloody murder over losing those same two 3rd round picks - maybe not here, because fans seem pretty knowledgeable here, but others would have been pretty upset with our new (back then) GM. Emery weighed the risk/reward potential and pulled the trigger, and it all paid off. I'd have no problem with him trying this from time-to-time on other problem players. But it all comes down to evaluating the person on a case by case basis. For every B.Marsh there's probably 10+ bad outcomes (NFL-wide, not just talking about the Bears here).

SuperFanDBS Writer

Cutler and Marshall came to the Broncos together and really developed a rapport in their second year as Marshall began to string together years with 100 catches. He wasn't very pleased when Cutler was traded and he was very vocal about it and even though he still caught 101 balls in 2009 McDipshit traded him to Miami because he was another guy he didn't like.

Marshall's production dropped in Miami and he wasn't happy there so when he got to come to Chicago and partner up with Cutler again he was ecstatic. Right about then is when they diagnosed his BPD and he began to treat it. He loves being here with Cutler and he's made good money his whole career. Now he wants to win a ring and he'll contribute towards that any way he can. He was always a great ballplayer but now he's a great person too.

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